Mesoscopic Physics Group

In the Mesoscopic Physics Group, we are working towards a better understanding of nanoscale systems, where phase coherence meets fluctuations. Our goal thereby is to accelerate and contribute to the development of quantum technologies which make use of intriguing quantum features such as coherence and entanglement.

Members

Highlights

Supremacy of the quantum many-body Szilard engine with attractive bosonsPhys. Rev. Lett. 120, 100601 (2018)
We show that the work output of a Szilard engine containing a quantum gas of attractive bosons is superior to that generated by an engine containing non-interacting particles and that this supremacy increases significantly with particle number. Our work demonstrates an intricate interplay between quantum mechanics, thermodynamics and information theory and sheds light on a hitherto unexplored fundamental question that is relevant for a wide range of many-body quantum systems where interactions are important.

Optimal quantum interference thermoelectric heat engine with edge statesPhys. Rev. Lett. 118, 256801 (2017)
We show theoretically that a thermoelectric heat engine, operating exclusively due to quantum-mechanical interference, can reach optimal linear-response performance. A chiral edge state implementation of a close-to-optimal heat engine is proposed in an electronic Mach-Zehnder interferometer with a mesoscopic capacitor coupled to one arm. We demonstrate that the maximum power and corresponding efficiency can reach 90% and 83%, respectively, of the theoretical maximum. The proposed heat
engine can be realized with existing experimental techniques and has a performance robust against moderate dephasing.
Minimal Entanglement Witness From Electrical Current CorrelationsPhys. Rev. Lett. 118, 036804 (2017)
Over the past few decades, several different methods for entanglement detection, including Bell inequalities, quantum state tomography and entanglement witnesses, have been proposed based on zero-frequency current cross correlations, the experimentally accessible quantities in solid state conductors. However, limited control of detector settings and low detector efficiencies make entanglement detection in solid state conductors experimentally highly challenging. In this Letter, we address these challenges by investigating a witness that minimizes the number of measurements required. We show that two correlation measurements are sufficient to detect entanglement and that detection is possible even for arbitrarily low (nonzero) efficiencies. Furthermore, we show that all entangled pure states can be detected with two measurements, except the maximally entangled, which require three.

Open Positions

At the moment there are no open positions. Motivated applicants for a PhD or Postdoc position are however always welcome to contact me. Please include a CV, a list of publications, and a motivation letter in your application.